HR Giger wedding cake
Now that’s true love, true, chest-bursty love. H.R. Giger Cake
Month: February 2010
Seeing radio waves with a light bulb
Using a low power amateur radio transmitter and a simple light bulb receiver circuit, we see how radio waves and electromagnetic induction transmit energy and signals wirelessly through the air. We also see how dipole and Yagi antennas radiate their energy in different patterns. Read on to build your own dipole receiving antenna! Subscribe to […]
Make the web “quieter” with shutup.css + get Richard Feynman quotes instead of YouTube comments…
Engadget disabled comments on their site because of the trolls, many other sites spend half their time battling people who chose to make others miserable – it’s what the web has become in many corners of netland. MAKE will always have a vibrant community and great comments, that’s a promise I know we can keep. […]
New Make: Online commenting policy and community guidelines
Over the years, here on Make: Online, we’ve had a rather open, anybody can play commenting policy. As long as you didn’t use profanity, post patently offensive remarks, or spam, your comments were likely to stand. We also allowed for anonymous commenting. While this approach allows for the greatest number of voices, we’ve come to […]
How-To: Mexican Chocolate Truffles
Lisa Rezendez shares her original recipe for Mexican Chocolate Truffles on her Miss Chevious Musings blog. She’s been making these lovelies for years, but never measured anything out. This time she did, just to share the recipe with you and me. Thanks, Lisa!
MORE water rocket awesomeness
We’ve covered George Katz and his water rocket projects here in the past. In this recent video, he shows testing of a lightweight in-line parachute deployment rig, as well as some additional footage of the group’s most recent launch day. In-line Deployment Mechanism More: Awesome DIY water rockets with drop-away boosters In the Maker Shed: […]
Rex The Dog Papercraft Music Video
Matt @ MAKE points us to this oldie-but-goodie music video by Rex The Dog, featuring many adorable and awesome papercraft stop-motion sequences.